Menachem Stark,
a 39-year-old father of seven, was shoved into a
light-colored Dodge caravan outside his Brooklyn office late
Thursday. His charred body was found this weekend on Long Island.

The Post — which referred to Stark as a "slain slumlord" —
prompted a number of angry tweets, including one from Yaacov
Behrman, who wrote, "I am deeply disturbed by the cover of the
New York Post, "who didn't want him dead." How
about this young boy?!"

Another person tweeted, "It's heart-wrenching that this is
leading the @nypost website today. 'Who DIDN'T want him
dead?' SHAME ON YOU!"

The
lead of the Post story said Stark had "so many enemies that
investigators say they almost don't know where to start looking."

“He’s a Hasidic Jew from Williamsburg, and we think he’s a
scammer," the Post quoted one unnamed investigator as
saying.

The Post said Stark "left behind a trail of angry tenants
from more than a dozen residential properties, mostly in
Greenpoint and Williamsburg, along with an untold number of
unpaid contractors and angry business associates."

The New York Times also noted that Stark and his business
partner, Israel Perlmutter, had
defaulted on major loans including a $29 million loan for a
74-unit rental property.

Despite his business troubles, Stark appeared to be well-liked in
the tight-knit Hasidic Jewish community of Williamsburg,
Brooklyn.

An "overflow crowd" of hundreds of Jewish mourners gathered
Saturday night at an emotional funeral for Stark who had a
reputation as a "generous figure,"
The Forward reported.

"You know they burned him and left him in the trash," one
young boy reportedly said in Yiddish before the start of the
funeral.

"Horrible," the father said, according to The Forward. "Don't
tell your sisters."